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The tip of the pole was a vibro-edged head with a stun module that could knock a full-grown Wookiee unconscious using a concentrated nerve impulse similar to that featured in the stun setting of a blaster rifle. At lowest setting, the spear would deliver excruciating electrical shocks, higher settings could result in paralysis and death, and at maximum setting, it could slice through everything from flesh and bone to thin durasteel plating. The weapon could be used for self defense, but also as a torture device. The Emperor's Royal Guards used the force pike mainly as a ceremonial weapon, but sometimes for other reasons; torture was one of them.

Force pikes were first introduced in the Bengali Uprising. Sith assassins used force pikes during the Dark Wars to hunt Jedi across the galaxy. They were also utilized by Atris's Echanihandmaidens. The Sith Lords also were known to use them during training exercises such as the one Darth Plagueis and Darth Sidious undertook on Kursid.

While most prominently displayed by the Emperor's Royal Guards, who carried the popular SoroSuub CorporationController FP model, force pikes were employed by a wide variety of planetary militias and police forces, including Nirama's public asteroid security forces[2]. They were excellent for crowd control. Force pikes were often employed during boarding actions because they allowed attackers to slice through bulkheads and airlocks and could be operated in small hallways.